2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

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Women's discus throw
at the 2017 World Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates11 August (qualification)
13 August (final)
Competitors30 from 19 nations
Winning distance70.31
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
  2015
2019  

The women's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 11 and 13 August. [1]

Contents

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch Flag of East Germany.svg GDR 7 Jul 1988 Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Championship 71.62 Martina Hellmann Flag of East Germany.svg GDR 31 Aug 1987 Rome, Italy
World leading71.41 Sandra Perković Flag of Croatia.svg CRO 18 Jul 2017 Bellinzona, Switzerland
African 64.87 Elizna Naudé Flag of South Africa.svg RSA 2 Mar 2003 Stellenbosch, South Africa
Asian 71.68 Xiao Yanling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN 14 Mar 1992 Beijing, China
NACAC 70.88 Hilda Ramos Flag of Cuba.svg CUB 8 May 1992 Havana, Cuba
South American 64.21 Andressa de Morais Flag of Brazil.svg BRA 10 Jun 2012 Barquisimeto, Venezuela
European 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch Flag of East Germany.svg GDR 7 Jul 1988Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Oceanian 68.72 Daniela Costian Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS 22 Jan 1994 Auckland, New Zealand

The following records were set at the competition: [3]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Oceanian 69.64 Dani Stevens Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS 13 Aug 2017
Australian

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 61.20 metres. [4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: [5]

DateTimeRound
11 August10:10 Qualification
13 August19:10 Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 11 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:11 and Group B at 11:36. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 62.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. [6] The overall results were as follows: [7]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1A Sandra Perković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)x69.6769.67 Q
2B Yaime Pérez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)65.5865.58 Q
3B Dani Stevens Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)65.5665.56 Q
4B Mélina Robert-Michon Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)63.9763.97 Q, SB
5A Denia Caballero Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)58.77x63.7963.79 Q
6B Nadine Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)60.3162.4763.3563.35 Q
7B Su Xinyue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)60.8361.3563.0063.00 Q
8A Andressa de Morais Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)60.6162.8062.80 Q
9B Chen Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)x62.7162.71 Q
10A Feng Bin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)62.48x61.9562.48 q
11A Julia Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)61.3461.7059.4161.70 q
12B Zinaida Sendriūtė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)61.48x57.5761.48 q, SB
13B Whitney Ashley Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x60.9459.2260.94
14A Anna Rüh Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)60.7860.66x60.78
15B Shadae Lawrence Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)x59.25x59.25
16B Fernanda Martins Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)58.51xx58.51
17A Gia Lewis-Smallwood Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x58.1558.1358.15
18A Jade Lally Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)xx57.7157.71
19B Dragana Tomašević Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)56.1457.7857.2857.78
20A Sabina Asenjo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)57.00xx57.00
21B Irina Rodrigues Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)54.9455.8756.9856.98
22A Hrisoula Anagnostopoulou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)56.9156.0855.2656.91
23A Kellion Knibb Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)xx56.7356.73
24A Anita Márton Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)55.9654.91x55.96
25A Natalia Semenova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)xx55.8355.83
26B Subenrat Insaeng Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)53.74x55.1655.16
27A Taryn Gollshewsky Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)54.29x53.6954.29
28B Valarie Allman Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)53.85xx53.85
29B Karen Gallardo Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)52.36x52.8152.81
A Tara-Sue Barnett Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)xxx NM

Final

The final took place on 13 August at 20:25. The overall results were as follows: [8]

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Sandra Perković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)69.3070.3170.2869.81xx70.31
Silver medal icon.svg Dani Stevens Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)64.2365.46x66.8266.5969.6469.64 AR
Bronze medal icon.svg Mélina Robert-Michon Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)65.4962.54x61.8865.3966.2166.21 SB
4 Yaime Pérez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)62.54xx64.8263.4364.6064.82
5 Denia Caballero Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)63.2262.88x62.1864.37x64.37
6 Nadine Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)64.13x62.49x63.71x64.13
7 Su Xinyue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)x60.5963.37x61.1262.0563.37
8 Feng Bin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)61.5660.81xx51.95x61.56
9 Julia Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)61.34xx61.34
10 Chen Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)58.19x61.2861.28
11 Andressa de Morais Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)60.00xx60.00
12 Zinaida Sendriūtė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)xxx NM

References

  1. Start list
  2. "Discus Throw Women – Records". IAAF . Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. "Discus Throw Women − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. "Discus Throw Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  7. "Discus Throw Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  8. "Discus Throw Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 15 August 2017.